What is carrying capacity?

The maximum number of organisms that can live in an area

Pick the list that is from largest to smallest

biosphere, biomes, ecosystem, communities, population

In the nitrogen cycle, the term "denitrification" refers to

The conversion of nitrates into nitrogen gas

The study of organisms in their environment

What are the four main factors that affect aquatic ecosystems

depth, flow, temperature, and chemistry

Animals get the most of the nitrogen they need

by consuming plants or other animals.

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1
Succession where glaciers melt and expose new rock is called
Secondary
Primary
Tertiary
2
An example of a renewable resource is
oil
natural gas
trees
coal
3
What is carrying capacity?
The maximum number of babies that a mother can carry
The max number of groceries that you can carry in the house
The maximum number weight that a person can lift
The maximum number of organisms that can live in an area
4
Pick the list that is from largest to smallest
ecosystem, communities, biosphere, biomes, population,
biosphere, biomes, ecosystem, communities, population
biosphere, biomes, ecosystem, population, communities
population, biomes, communities, biosphere, ecosystem,
5
What is this an example of?
Parasitism
Communism
Mutualism
Commensalism
6
What is the percentage of energy that is obtained from the previous level?
100%
50%
10%
75%
7
What is this an example of?
Parasitism
Communism
Commensalism
Mutualism
8
Which of the following is a biological aspect of an organism's niche?
the amount of sunlight
the way it gets food
the water in the area
the composition of soil
9
Demography is the study of
modernized countries
parasitism and disease
none of the above
human populations
10
In the nitrogen cycle, the term "denitrification" refers to
The conversion of nitrates into nitrogen gas
The conversion of nitrogen into ammonia
The conversion of ammonia into nitrogen
The conversion of nitrogen gas into nitrates
11
What does abiotic mean?
Small
Living
Non-living
Cold
12
What is Ecology?
The study of organisms in their environment
The study the stars and their alignment in the sky
The study of the human body
The study of fossils and ancient artifacts
13
A word that means the same thing as consumer is
carbohydrate.
autotroph
producer
heterotroph
14
What does biotic mean?
Living
Small
Cold
Non-living
15
What is this an example of?
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Communism
16
What are the four main factors that affect aquatic ecosystems
intertidal zone, coastal ocean, open ocean, standing water
flowing water, standing water, photic, and aphotic.
depth, flow, temperature, and chemistry
17
Comparing aquatic ecosystems zone, which would be considered the warmest in temperature?
standing water
flowing water
coastal zone
18
Nitrogen fixation is carried out primarily by
humans
bacteria
consumers
plants
19
Where does secondary succession occur?
In high school
In space
Where life previously existed
Where no life has existed before
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Animals get the most of the nitrogen they need
by consuming plants or other animals.
directly from bacteria in the soil.
by breathing in atmospheric nitrogen
from the process of denitrification.

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